If you don't like the beach approach, try the North Buttress! :-) Part 3 in a regularly occuring 17-hr day trip series with Oaklander. Soft snow starting from the trailhead. Climb is great . . . but loose. In fact, if you are approaching this route and see someone on it, I would recommend NOT climbing this route. A few rocks came loose on our watch that would have been very bad news if someone were below. But if you're the first party, I highly recommend it!

Not too difficult but a little more tiring than I though it would be. I accidentally went up bishop pass before I realized I completely missed the mountain. You technically start the climb at the Saddlerock Lake.

I went up there thinking I would ski from near the summit, but instead I was treated to whiteout conditions, snow, and strong winds. The warm spell a week or so ago messed up the east slopes for skiing, but I had a good time dropping down from about 12,400 feet. It even softened up around 11,500!

With rusty6, I didn't summit because of steep snow and was questioning the safety of crossing it and being able to stop if I lost my footing, anyway I was only a couple hundred feet or so below the summit.

Started up the sandy SE slope, but quickly turned to the direct ridgeline to avoid all the sand, which was taking a toll on my legs. The ridge is mostly solid, and ranges from class 2-3 depending on how difficult you want to make it. Beautiful day.

climbed it on our cross-country route across the sierra crest from Leconte canyon (along JMT) to saddlerock lake. hiking upto the ridge (to what Secor calls Goode Pass) from the west is steep. staying close to the actual ridge is an interesting scramble, especially with a fully loaded backpack.